Memorial

Dunkirk Veterans Association

Memorial

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Current Location

On seafront promenade., Promenade, Dover, Dover, Kent, CT17 9BT, England

TR 32032 41018

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Type of Memorial: Composite
WMR Reference Number: 16449
Description: Cairn with a bronze figure disembarking from a boat. Below is a plaque which bears the inscription. There are two bronze badges, one in each side of the cairn (3 and 9 o'clock faces).
Inscription: DUNKIRK VETERANS ASSOCIATION EAST KENT/ THIS MEMORIAL WAS ERECTED ON 16TH AUGUST 1975, THE 35TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BATTLE OF DUNKIRK./ DURING THE PERIOD MAY 10TH TO 1ST JUNE 1940, 202, 306 BRITISH, BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AND ALLIED TROOPS WERE EVACUATED TO DOVER./ THE MEMORIAL NOT ONLY PAYS TRIBUTE TO THE BRAVERY AND DISCIPLINE OF THE SERVICEMEN BUT TO THE COURAGE OF THE CREWS/ OF THE ARMADA OF LITTLE SHIPS WHICH ASSISTED, AND THE PEOPLE OF THE PORT OF DOVER WHO RECEIVED THEM.

Plaque

Made from: Metal

Condition: Good

Plaque

Made from: Bronze

Condition: Good